Modern art

Modern art

A movement in fine arts (starting from the mid-1800s) in which the styles, attitudes and subject-matter began to differ from those of traditional art.

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Technique of reproducing a texture or relief design by laying paper over it and rubbing it with some drawing medium, for example pencil or crayon. Max Ernst and other Surrealist artists incorporated ...

Kinetoscope

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Motion picture viewer comprising a wooden box with an eye-hole in the top where observers can watch the electrically controlled film.

Lacquer

Arts & crafts; Modern art

Any of various clear or colored synthetic organic coatings that typically dry to form a film.

Lever

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A rigid bar that pivots on a point and is used to lift or move loads. Examples include shovels, nutcrackers, seesaws, and elbows.

Magic lantern

Arts & crafts; Modern art

Apparatus used to project an image, usually onto a screen. In use from the 17th to the early 20th century, it is a precursor of the modern slide projector. A transparent slide containing the image ...